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Tennessee PoliticsMon, 07 Apr 2014 14:51:50 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6Michael Craddock withdraws from Circuit Court clerk racehttp://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2014/michael-craddock-withdraws-from-circuit-court-clerk-race/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2014/michael-craddock-withdraws-from-circuit-court-clerk-race/#commentsMon, 24 Feb 2014 21:47:21 +0000Michael Casshttp://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/?p=21004Former Metro Councilman Michael Craddock pulled out of the race for Davidson County Circuit Court clerk today, four days after he qualified to run as a Republican and three days before the withdrawal deadline.

Craddock said he’s been battling prostate cancer, and he decided after conferring with his wife and son over the weekend that he wasn’t up for the “arduous campaign” needed to unseat longtime incumbent Richard Rooker. He also said he would hate to have to step down at some point after getting elected if health issues prevented him from serving out his term.

“At the end of the day, reason won out,” he said.

Craddock represented part of Madison on the council from 2003 to 2011.